Pavalijo
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I started this kit on 21 October - day 1. OG at 21c was 1.053. My hydrometer reads 1.00 in water.
The instructions say that ABV will be “up to 5.5%”, but that gravity should be “1.010 or less“ at bottling.
If I hit 1.010 then my ABV will be 5.64%.
Fermentation started very vigorously indeed within 12 hours. Temperature stayed at 20-21c throughout fermentation. It had almost stopped on day 11 when I added the citra hops (not after 5 days as per instructions) with the gravity at 1.014. The airlock bubbling went off the scale very quickly after adding hops and that lasted a couple of hours before slowing down, ceasing altogether after 24 hours or so.
On day 14, after no bubbling for 2 days, I transferred the fermenter to the shed. 2 days later on day 16 with the temperature at 10c I went to rack off to the bottling bucket. I took a gravity reading expecting to find 1.010, however it was sitting at 1.014 :- being 1.013 when adjusted for temperature.
This gives an ABV of 5.25%, a little below the “up to 5.5%”. And gravity is not “1.010 or less” as recommended in the instructions at bottling.
So - finally now my question - if this hasn’t fully finished and has 0.03 still to go, could this give me broken bottles or gushers if I add the supplied 150g of priming sugar? Or is that final 0.03 insignificant? I realise that the figures are not precise and my inclination is to bottle, but any thoughts would be appreciated.....
PS - I am happy to accept that my hydrometer reading skills could need honing, but when OG was read in the bucket before racking the surface was quite clear. I took the OG in a cylinder. But I would like to know what you think on the assumption that my figures are accurate
The instructions say that ABV will be “up to 5.5%”, but that gravity should be “1.010 or less“ at bottling.
If I hit 1.010 then my ABV will be 5.64%.
Fermentation started very vigorously indeed within 12 hours. Temperature stayed at 20-21c throughout fermentation. It had almost stopped on day 11 when I added the citra hops (not after 5 days as per instructions) with the gravity at 1.014. The airlock bubbling went off the scale very quickly after adding hops and that lasted a couple of hours before slowing down, ceasing altogether after 24 hours or so.
On day 14, after no bubbling for 2 days, I transferred the fermenter to the shed. 2 days later on day 16 with the temperature at 10c I went to rack off to the bottling bucket. I took a gravity reading expecting to find 1.010, however it was sitting at 1.014 :- being 1.013 when adjusted for temperature.
This gives an ABV of 5.25%, a little below the “up to 5.5%”. And gravity is not “1.010 or less” as recommended in the instructions at bottling.
So - finally now my question - if this hasn’t fully finished and has 0.03 still to go, could this give me broken bottles or gushers if I add the supplied 150g of priming sugar? Or is that final 0.03 insignificant? I realise that the figures are not precise and my inclination is to bottle, but any thoughts would be appreciated.....
PS - I am happy to accept that my hydrometer reading skills could need honing, but when OG was read in the bucket before racking the surface was quite clear. I took the OG in a cylinder. But I would like to know what you think on the assumption that my figures are accurate